Overexertion while materials moving by hand · Disc disorders, herniated disc
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BJC Memorial Hospital, 4500 Memorial Drive, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS 62226
on — Disc disorders, herniated disc, affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck.
Final narrative
A kitchen employee was completing food preparation for lunch. She experienced increasing pain in her neck as she bent down to fill a bucket of ice, brought it over to the cold station, and lifted the bucket of ice to fill the cold station. The employee was hospitalized the following day with a bulging cervical disc.
Hospitalized Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck Buckets, baskets, pails
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